IT Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

IT Analyst
England > Midlands

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 120 121
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 19 36 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 1.11% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.17% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 75
10th Percentile £158 £138 £122
25th Percentile £179 £203 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £360 £388
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -7.10% +106.67%
75th Percentile £394 £450 £475
90th Percentile £425 £519 £538
England median daily rate £430 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +22.86% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 9
10th Percentile - £12.56 £9.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.52 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +6.90% +16.00%
75th Percentile £14.50 £27.50 £15.25
90th Percentile - £27.80 £19.05
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.57 £16.50
% change year-on-year -0.29% +36.76% +6.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,572 3,071 4,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 94.52% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 2,168 3,508
10th Percentile £213 £228 £212
25th Percentile £336 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +1.60% +15.43%
75th Percentile £587 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 155
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.55
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +15.31% +18.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.63
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +3 17 £200 -52.94% 16
East Midlands +6 2 £135 +8.00% 8
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, IT Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (36.84%) Windows
4 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 6 (31.58%) Finance
5 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
6 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
6 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
7 3 (15.79%) Project Management
7 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Ticket Management
7 3 (15.79%) PMO
7 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
8 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (10.53%) French Language
8 2 (10.53%) Power BI
8 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
8 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
8 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (10.53%) SLA
8 2 (10.53%) ITIL
8 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
8 2 (10.53%) Law

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) French Language
4 2 (10.53%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Ticket Management
4 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) Change Control
5 1 (5.26%) Change Management
5 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.26%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
3 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Cadence